One of the biggest cities in Delaware has passed an ordinance banning the use of a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle - unless the driver is using a hands free device. The legislation was prompted by the death of a pedestrian. A car being driven by a texting driver left the roadway, jumped the curb, and ran over some poor soul jogging on the sidewalk.
I learned all of this while reading an on-line article... and just had to scroll down to check out the comments.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover the most recently posted comments were supportive of the new law.
It was too good to last. Further down in the list of comments I found exactly what I had been expecting. Folks were complaining it was a violation of their rights not to be able to text while driving.
One upstanding citizen wrote that pedestrians need to understand that they assume certain risks when sharing a roadway with a motor vehicle...and laws will not bring the guy back.
Are you kidding me?
Let's put aside for a moment the fact that the accident happened because a car jumped the curb and went up on a sidewalk.
Can anyone really believe that, when driving a car, he does not have an obligation to focus on the road rather than a cell phone? We are all guilty of succumbing to distractions while driving, but can anyone think for a minute that he control any type of motor vehicle while trying to tap a message into a cell phone?
Such failed cranial capacity screams for the creation of a too stupid to own a cell phone list and the name of the person who posted the above referenced comment should be at the very top.
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